Designing a Business Process course that addresses the needs of today's managers

Catherine A. Usoff and Mark M. Davis

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2007, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Today's managers are adopting a more comprehensive approach to business through designing and implementing Business Processes (BP) that cut across functional boundaries. Unfortunately, most business school curricula emulate the older, traditional organisational structure consisting of functional silos. Consequently, a significant gap exists between the skills that today's graduates need to succeed and their business education. We present an innovative, transdisciplinary approach to teaching BPs which includes a 'practicum' where students apply their classroom learning to analysis of a BP in an actual company. This approach has received very positive feedback from both students and the participating companies.

Keywords: business processes; BP; MBA curriculum; pedagogy; integration; project-based courses; process management; benchmarking. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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